According to them, passengers who could swim helped other passengers to stay afloat after the accident but they got tired after holding on for some time.

Three other passengers - an old woman and two young men - are still unaccounted for after the navy and officials from the National Disaster Management Organisation managed to rescue most of the 67 passengers.

DSP Abraham Bansah, the Yeji District police commander, told Accra-based Class FM that to prevent a similar tragedy, there was the need for naval officers to be positioned to patrol both ends of the Volta River to ensure that vessel owners do not overload their boats with passengers and load.